同课异构-课堂创新教学设计（高中英语人教必修五）课件-Unit2语言运用课1.pptVIP

* Big?Ben?is?a?great?clock?high?up?in?a?tower?of?the?parliament(议会)?building.?This?is?the?building?in?London?where?laws?are?made. The?people?of?London?like?to?see?Big?Bens?friendly?faces.?They?like?to?hear?the?chimes?(钟声)?every15?minutes.?They?like?to?hear? the?big?bell?striking?on?the?hour.?BONG！?BONG！?BONG! Radio?sends?the?sound?of?the?big?clock?to?the?rest?of?the?world.?The?BBC began?to?broadcast?the?chimes?in?1924.?Ever?since，?Big?Ben?has?been?a?radio?star.Big?Bens?story?started?in?1834.?In?that?year?the?old?Parliament?building?burned?down.??Its?clock?tower?crashed?to?the?ground.?There?had?to?be?a?new?building-and?a?new?clock.Its?clock?tower?crashed?to?the?ground.?There?had?to?be?a?new?building-and?a?new?clock.Plans?were?made.?They?called?for?a?King?of?Clocks，?the?biggest?and?best?in?the?world.?So?the?clock?had?to?be?big.?And?it?had?to?keep?very?good?time.The?big?clock?was?made?in?two?years.?Five?more?years?went?by?before?the?clock?tower?was?finished，?then?the?four?bells?for?the?chimes?were?brought?into?the?tower.?And?at?last?the?giant?(巨大的)?hour?bell?was?put?in?place.?It?rang?out?for?the?first?time?on?July?11，?1859.This?great?bell?had?to?have?a?name.?A?meeting?of?Parliament?was?called?to?pick?one.?The?talk?about?names?went?on?and?on.?Then?Benjamin?Hall?got?up?to?speak.?He?was?a?big?man?that?the?others?liked.?By?this?time?they?were?all?tired.?Someone?shouted，?Why?not?call?it?Big?Ben？Everybody?laughed，?and?the?meeting?broke?up.?The?name?Big?Ben?came?from?then?on.? * Not much is known about the earliest London Bridge although it’s location is thought to be near the present one. The second bridge a wooden one existing in Saxon times seems to have given rise to the nursery rhyme ‘London Bridge is falling down’ which it did in 1014. In 1176 the first stone bridge was constructed. Houses sprung up on both sides of the bridge and stood until it was pulled down in 1831, making way for a more elegant, classic structure. This bridge was replaced in 1967 as it coul